000 CDUS41 KBOX 130540 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 130 AM EDT SUN APR 13 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 12 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 61 MM 85 1977 55 6 41 1945 MINIMUM 44 MM 20 1874 39 5 35 AVERAGE 53 47 6 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.45 1.44 1894 0.12 0.33 0.87 MONTH TO DATE 1.44 1.49 -0.05 2.41 SINCE MAR 1 6.11 5.34 0.77 6.72 SINCE JAN 1 16.74 12.56 4.18 11.49 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 3.6 1918 0.1 MM T MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.3 -1.3 0.5 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 9.6 -8.6 10.7 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 43.2 8.8 17.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 12 18 -6 27 MONTH TO DATE 220 236 -16 314 SINCE MAR 1 1042 1051 -9 1160 SINCE JUL 1 4869 5082 -213 4842 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 1 -1 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 1 -1 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 80 1200 PM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 86 1977 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 20 1874 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 13 2008.........SUNRISE 606 AM EDT SUNSET 724 PM EDT APRIL 14 2008.........SUNRISE 604 AM EDT SUNSET 725 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$